Contribution of dust transport and resuspension to particulate matter levels in the Mediterranean atmosphere

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 38, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 3637-3645

  Dordević, Dragana ^a   Vukmirović, Zorka ^b   Tošić, Ivana ^c   Unkašević, Miroslava ^c  

^a IChTM   (Serbia)

^b Alternative Academic Educational Network (AAEN)   (Serbia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Dust resuspension; Dust transport; MED POL program; Particulate matter

Indexed keywords

GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; POLLUTION; PROBABILITY; SAMPLING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

AIRBORNE POLLUTANTS; RESUSPENSIONS;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

IRON; URANIUM;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DUST; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESUSPENSION;

AEROSOL; AIR MONITORING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DUST EXPOSURE; GRAVIMETRY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; SAMPLING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOIL STRUCTURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 2942546279     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2004.04.001     Document Type: Article

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